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• American extremists seek history re-write

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2007

  Who would have thought it? Web search engine giant Google rightly marked 50 years of spaceflight with a terrific Sputnik-decorated version of their logo last week, but now it seems right wing commentators in the US feel this is the… Read More ›

• Alan Moore interviewed

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  “Alan Moore, the undisputed, eccentric king of comic-book writing, made it acceptable for literary-minded adults to enjoy books about superheroes. Will his new book do the same for erotica? Susanna Clarke, the novelist and long-time Moore devotee, speaks to him… Read More ›

• Ex Astris Episode 7 – Ambush

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 5

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 6

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 4

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 3

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 2

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 1

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Save Kids TV campaign – Petition the PM!

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Pact has set up a petition on the Number 10 website to highlight the plight UK kids TV is under, highlighted by the Save Kids TV campaign who have a comic about the issue on ROK Comics, republished below. To… Read More ›

• New Dennis the Menace animation in the works

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Beano character Dennis the Menace is being updated in a new animated version for CBBC. Trade magazine Broadcast and other sources report DC Thomson is working with animation company Red Kite to deliver the 52 x 12-minute Dennis & Gnasher… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday Sputnik!

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Space flight is 50 years old this week and although the space race may well have been borne by the desire to develop bigger and better nuclear weapons – according to the accounts of Russian scientists reported in USA Today… Read More ›

• Wallace & Gromit Return

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Huzzah! Variety reports Aardman Animation’s Wallace & Gromit are back at work, with a new film to be shown on BBC1 at Christmas next year. Trouble at’ Mill, co-written by Nick Park and Bob Baker, sees Wallace and Gromit open… Read More ›

• Jeff Hawke – Lunar 10

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2007

  

  The Jeff Hawke Club have released their Cosmos special, Lunar 10. This 192 page softcover book collects 10 different complete Jeff Hawke stories set on the Moon. It includes Time Out Of Mind, originally published in the Daily Express in… Read More ›

• Titan Magazines’ new DC title

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2007

  Titan Magazines recently launched a fourth comic licensed from DC Comics. DC Universe Presents Batman Superman follows on the heels of Superman Legends, Batman Legends and Justice League Legends to the UK news stand. Featuring stories and artwork never previously… Read More ›

• New Eagle Times

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2007

  (with thanks to Richard Sheaf): The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society (the Society is dedicated to the memory of Britain’s national picture strip Weekly – Eagle) has just been published. Volume 20, issue… Read More ›

• Moffatt on Tin Tin

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2007

  (with thanks to Jeremy Briggs) The Hollywood Reporter and Empire Magazine reports that Steven Moffat, acclaimed writer on Doctor Who and Jekyll, is to write the trilogy of Tintin films being overseen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. The directors… Read More ›

• Book Palace British Sale – and Mart News

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2007

  (with thanks to Richard Sheaf): The Book Palace has finally started listing some of theirextensive stock of British comics and annual online. The next “ABC” show will be on Sunday 7th October from noon, in London. It’s the best comics… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away #13 counting down

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2007

  Issue 13 of ace Dan Dare magazine Spaceship Away — a stunning A4 sized full colour glossy magazine published three times a year — is due for release at the end of October, but a teaser image of the cover… Read More ›

• Miss Moneypenny Dead

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2007

  We were sorry to hear the news that actress Lois Maxwell died at the weekend. Best known as the actress who starred as M’s long-suffering secretary Miss Moneypenny in fourteen James Bond movies, she appeared in over 50 films (her… Read More ›

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